Peracalles pectoralis (LeConte, 1876)

Pentinsaari, Mikko, Anderson, Robert, Borowiec, Lech, Bouchard, Patrice, Brunke, Adam, Douglas, Hume, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Hebert, Paul D. N., 2019, DNA barcodes reveal 63 overlooked species of Canadian beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera), ZooKeys 894, pp. 53-150 : 53

Peracalles pectoralis (LeConte, 1876)

Distribution.

Native to the Nearctic region. Anderson (2002) reports this species from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Missouri in the United States.

Canadian records.

Ontario: Point Pelee National Park, 06-Jul-2015 (1 ex, CBG); Point Pelee National Park, 16-Jun-2014 to 22-Jun-2014 (3 exx, CBG).

Diagnostic information

(based on Anderson 2002). Body length: 3.0-3.3 mm. Body black, covered with broad, flat, appressed dark brown to pale scales, broadly oval in dorsal view. Antennal funicle with seven articles. Prosternum with deep longitudinal sulcus for reception of rostrum, sulcus extending posteriorly to anterior edge of mesoventrite. Elytra strongly convex in lateral view, with a single row of flat, apically truncate, erect scales on each interstria.

Bionomic notes.

Adults in this genus occur in leaf litter ( Anderson 2002). The Canadian specimens were collected from a marsh and a swampy forest using pan traps, pitfall traps and Berlese funnel extraction.

Comments.

The genus Peracalles Kissinger, 1964 contains two species in the United States ( Anderson 2002) and is recorded here in Canada for the first time.